Jan 11, 2024
After a quick treatise on the
Murderbot Diaries, Sam's all jazzed up about the new release
coming in February from Kirsten Bakis, who has taken 25 years to
release a second novel after the revelatory "Lives of the Monster
Dogs." A classic gothic tale, "King
Nyx" is a creepy feminist text you need to read ASAP.
Unfortunately, Hannah is less jazzed about the new Alex
Michaelides, "The
Fury," which Hannah found at times "unacceptable." Just how
much unreliable narrator can one book have? And just how many
islands are there in the world? Seems like every novel is set on
one nowadays, including Rachel Lyon's "Fruit
of the Dead," which is, like King Nyx, is on an island and
features some Hades mythology.
Maybe islands make things intersting, since Hannah thought
"Mercury,"
set in middle America, was kinda boring, with not much happening.
Is this only set in the '90s so Amy Jo Burns didn't have to deal
with phones? It's unclear.
Then we get into a bit of a grab bag, including a graphic novel in
the
Grishaverse; a new YA amnesia number called "That's
Not My Name" that Hannah found satisfying; the new
George Harrison biography; and a book by a fantasy writer
called "Listen"
about how and why we listen to music. Finally, we wrap up with a
tease of
Kelly Link's debut novel, which, WATCH OUT.